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The High School Classmate by Honoré-Victorin Daumier — VisualArtsDB

The High School Classmate

The High School Classmate

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

1841

Medium: Lithograph
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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Tchinn-Tchinn... you bring me good news!...I concede to you the honor of kissing the majestic dust of my majestic shoes!

Tchinn-Tchinn... you bring me good news!...I concede to you the honor of kissing the majestic dust of my majestic shoes!

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

"Don't worry...I'll take care of your affair...I'm Norman like you."

"Don't worry...I'll take care of your affair...I'm Norman like you."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1864

The New Paris. How fortunate for those in a hurry that the avenues have been widened!!!, plate 301 from Souvenirs d’artistes

The New Paris. How fortunate for those in a hurry that the avenues have been widened!!!, plate 301 from Souvenirs d’artistes

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1862

The Ox-Elephant, a new and very promising breed. Unfortunately still beyond the financial possibilities of the average citizen.... price: 30'000 francs, plate 5 from L'exposition Des Animaux

The Ox-Elephant, a new and very promising breed. Unfortunately still beyond the financial possibilities of the average citizen.... price: 30'000 francs, plate 5 from L'exposition Des Animaux

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1856

Rue Transnonain, on April 15, 1834, October 2, 1834, plate 24 from L’Association mensuelle

Rue Transnonain, on April 15, 1834, October 2, 1834, plate 24 from L’Association mensuelle

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1834

"What a pity that charming little woman hasn't hired me to defend her case... How I'd argue that her husband is a scoundrel!"

"What a pity that charming little woman hasn't hired me to defend her case... How I'd argue that her husband is a scoundrel!"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1846

“- I want to go on this ship with you at once, Papa, my nanny said that the deluge will come again, and the only ones who will be saved, will be the animals on the ark of Mr. Leviathan!,” plate 484 from Actualités

“- I want to go on this ship with you at once, Papa, my nanny said that the deluge will come again, and the only ones who will be saved, will be the animals on the ark of Mr. Leviathan!,” plate 484 from Actualités

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1858

"So tell me, wife... I think we were wrong..."

"So tell me, wife... I think we were wrong..."

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1859

"Of Your Humble Little Squirts"

"Of Your Humble Little Squirts"

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

A Good Husband, Who in Order to Entertain His Wife...

A Good Husband, Who in Order to Entertain His Wife...

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1847

“What idiots! You paint a religious picture for them and they laugh.... they don't even have a devotion to art!...,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier

“What idiots! You paint a religious picture for them and they laugh.... they don't even have a devotion to art!...,” plate 4 from Croquis Pris Au Salon par Daumier

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1865

The Engagement of an Artist. “- So you want an engagement in my theatre..... very well Mademoiselle...... since you are so pretty, it will be 1200 Francs.... that's of course what you will be paying me each year! - I accept... under the condition that I will not get a raise!,” plate 72 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

The Engagement of an Artist. “- So you want an engagement in my theatre..... very well Mademoiselle...... since you are so pretty, it will be 1200 Francs.... that's of course what you will be paying me each year! - I accept... under the condition that I will not get a raise!,” plate 72 from Les Beaux Jours De La Vie

Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1845